diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/UriExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/UriExtensions.cs
index ba9fd99f0f..25e87f23d8 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/UriExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/UriExtensions.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core
 			}
 		}
 
+		public static string GetAbsolutePathDecoded(this Uri uri)
+		{
+			return System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlDecode(uri.AbsolutePath);
+		}
+
+		public static string GetSafeAbsolutePathDecoded(this Uri uri)
+		{
+			return System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlDecode(uri.GetSafeAbsolutePath());
+		}
+
 		// Creates a new Uri with path ending with a slash
 		// Everything else is unchanged but for the fragment which is lost
 		public static Uri EndPathWithSlash(this Uri uri)
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByAlias.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByAlias.cs
index e98aff6ca7..0c0c023d23 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByAlias.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByAlias.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Xml;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using umbraco.interfaces;
+using Umbraco.Core;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Routing
 {
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Routing
 				node = docRequest.RoutingContext.PublishedContentStore.GetDocumentByUrlAlias(
 					docRequest.RoutingContext.UmbracoContext, 
 					docRequest.HasDomain ? docRequest.Domain.RootNodeId : 0, 
-					docRequest.Uri.AbsolutePath);
+					docRequest.Uri.GetAbsolutePathDecoded());
 
 				if (node != null)
 				{					
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByIdPath.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByIdPath.cs
index 26b2537126..6192bfb0c3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByIdPath.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByIdPath.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Xml;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using umbraco.interfaces;
+using Umbraco.Core;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Routing
 {
@@ -24,11 +25,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Routing
 		public bool TrySetDocument(PublishedContentRequest docRequest)
         {
             IPublishedContent node = null;
+			var path = docRequest.Uri.GetAbsolutePathDecoded();
 
             int nodeId = -1;
-			if (docRequest.Uri.AbsolutePath != "/") // no id if "/"
+			if (path != "/") // no id if "/"
             {
-				string noSlashPath = docRequest.Uri.AbsolutePath.Substring(1);
+				string noSlashPath = path.Substring(1);
 
                 if (!Int32.TryParse(noSlashPath, out nodeId))
                     nodeId = -1;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByNiceUrl.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByNiceUrl.cs
index 21887ed7f6..68201051bb 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByNiceUrl.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByNiceUrl.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Xml;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using umbraco.interfaces;
+using Umbraco.Core;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Routing
 {
@@ -24,10 +25,10 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Routing
         {
 			string route;
 			if (docRequest.HasDomain)
-				route = docRequest.Domain.RootNodeId.ToString() + DomainHelper.PathRelativeToDomain(docRequest.DomainUri, docRequest.Uri.AbsolutePath);
+				route = docRequest.Domain.RootNodeId.ToString() + DomainHelper.PathRelativeToDomain(docRequest.DomainUri, docRequest.Uri.GetAbsolutePathDecoded());
 			else
-				route = docRequest.Uri.AbsolutePath;
-			
+				route = docRequest.Uri.GetAbsolutePathDecoded();
+
 			var node = LookupDocumentNode(docRequest, route);
             return node != null;
         }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByNiceUrlAndTemplate.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByNiceUrlAndTemplate.cs
index 57e28cbf4e..f6b29631d4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByNiceUrlAndTemplate.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByNiceUrlAndTemplate.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Xml;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.template;
+using Umbraco.Core;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Routing
 {
@@ -25,14 +26,15 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Routing
 		public override bool TrySetDocument(PublishedContentRequest docRequest)
         {
             IPublishedContent node = null;
-			string path = docRequest.Uri.AbsolutePath;
+			string path = docRequest.Uri.GetAbsolutePathDecoded();
 
 			if (docRequest.HasDomain)
 				path = DomainHelper.PathRelativeToDomain(docRequest.DomainUri, path);
+
 			if (path != "/") // no template if "/"
             {
-				var pos = docRequest.Uri.AbsolutePath.LastIndexOf('/');
-				var templateAlias = docRequest.Uri.AbsolutePath.Substring(pos + 1);
+				var pos = path.LastIndexOf('/');
+				var templateAlias = path.Substring(pos + 1);
 				path = pos == 0 ? "/" : path.Substring(0, pos);
 
 				//TODO: We need to check if the altTemplate is for MVC or not, though I'm not exactly sure how the best
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByProfile.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByProfile.cs
index dbaa40ecae..ea99ea24c5 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByProfile.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LookupByProfile.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Xml;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using umbraco;
+using Umbraco.Core;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Routing
 {
@@ -25,13 +26,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Routing
 		public override bool TrySetDocument(PublishedContentRequest docRequest)
         {
             IPublishedContent node = null;
+			var path = docRequest.Uri.GetAbsolutePathDecoded();
 
             bool isProfile = false;
-			var pos = docRequest.Uri.AbsolutePath.LastIndexOf('/');
+			var pos = path.LastIndexOf('/');
             if (pos > 0)
             {
-				var memberLogin = docRequest.Uri.AbsolutePath.Substring(pos + 1);
-				var path = docRequest.Uri.AbsolutePath.Substring(0, pos);
+				var memberLogin = path.Substring(pos + 1);
+				path = path.Substring(0, pos);
 
                 if (path == GlobalSettings.ProfileUrl)
                 {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UriUtility.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UriUtility.cs
index 076305e79a..7b5833f606 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UriUtility.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UriUtility.cs
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
 		// ie no virtual directory, no .aspx, lowercase...
 		public static Uri UriToUmbraco(Uri uri)
     	{
+			// note: no need to decode uri here because we're returning a uri
+			// so it will be re-encoded anyway
     		var path = uri.GetSafeAbsolutePath();
 
     		path = path.ToLower();